What Massey isn’t offering in 2024

A list of what courses, specialisations and qualifications won’t be offered next year, constantly being updated with more information as Massive receives it. 

As Massive finished writing as of October 15th, this list is not a complete list of what is cut for 2024.

If you know a course that won’t be offered in 2024, email it to Massive at sammy@massivemagazine.org.nz

College of Creative Arts 

Electives not offered from the Bachelor of Design with Honours: 

Interaction and Interface I 197.238 (200 level) 

Intro: Web Development 289.101 (100 level) 

Fashion Construction 212.101 (100 level) 

A Massey University spokesperson said, “Important learning from here is being incorporated into the fashion core, as largely fashion major students are the only students enrolling in this course.”

Contemporary Design Project 1A: Jewellery 197.193 (100 level) 

Drawing The Body I 213.155 (100 level). A Massey spokesperson said, “Key learning will be incorporated into the 213.154 Contemporary Drawing”.

Product Design Visualisation 198.212 (200 level). A Massey spokesperson said, “This course and Visualising Space are being delivered as two modules of the same new course 197.238 Communicating and Visualising Space.”

Garment Block Pattern Drafting and Grading 212.200 (200 level) 

Photography and Digital Practices I 221.221 (200 level) 

Materials Lab 223.207 (200 level) 

Design for Display 224.205 (200 level) 

Concept Design for Imaginary Worlds 222.333 (300 level) 

Interaction and Interface II 197.338 (300 level) 

Photography and Digital Practices II 221.321 (300 level) 

Design for Festivals and Events 197.435 (400 level) 

Photography and Visuality 221.457 (400 level) 

Contemporary Letterpress 222.409 (400 level) 

Innovations in Illustration (VCD Special Topic F) 222.496 (400 level). A Massey spokesperson said, “This is now an established elective, not a special topic, so this course is being offered with the updated title of: Illustration Art Now 222.424.”

Embroidered Textiles 223.411 (400 level) 

Electives not offered from the Bachelor of Fine Arts: 

Contemporary Art Project B: Printed Matter – The Art Book 213.257 (200 level) 

Fine Arts Internship 213.358 (300 level)  A Massey spokesperson said, “We now will have only one internship course across Art and Design, and this is offered under Internship 197.383.”

Electives not offered from the Bachelor of Screen Arts:

Advanced Audio 289.341 (300 level)  

Intro to Programming for Interactive Projects 289.114 (100 level) 

Electives not offered from the Bachelor of Commercial Music:

Vocal Performance and Production 133.179 (100 level) 

College of Health 

(ALBANY ONLY) Bachelor of Nursing - No new enrollments at the Albany campus, however, second and third-year undergraduate nursing students can stay in Auckland until the end of 2025. It will still be offered at Manawatū and Wellington.  

(WON’T BE OFFERED IN PERSON) Bachelor of Speech and Language Therapy with Honours

Not offered from the Bachelor of Health Sciences: 

Health Services Navigation major

College of Humanities and Social Sciences 

Not offered from the Bachelor of Arts (History):

The Age of Chivalry and Crusades 148242 (200 level)

Reformers, Radicals & Revolutionaries: Protest in New Zealand 148248 (200 level)

The Tudors and the Reformation 148310 (300 level)

New Zealand Military History: 1899 to 2001 148308 (300 level)

New Zealand Between the Wars 148316 (300 level)

Massey Business School 

(MANAWATŪ ONLY) Bachelor of Communications - No new enrolments at the Manawatū campus.

Degree of Doctor of Social Work. A Massey spokesperson said, “Following a review by the Head of School in consultation with the Doctor of Social Work (DSW) team, the decision was made to close the Doctor of Social Work to new enrolments from 1 January 2024 as a result of the ‘Low and No Enrolments Policy’, and this was approved by the Academic Committee in June 2023.”

School of People, Environment and Planning

PhD enrolments suspended. A Massey spokesperson said the school had “placed a moratorium on processing new PhD enquiries until there is greater clarity on 2024 staffing arrangements. The School is still accepting enquiries and communicating directly with prospective candidates”.